Visible-loose-leaf device



.lime 17', 1930.

c. A. FINLEY VISIBLE LOOSE LEAF DEVICE 'Filed May 31, 1928 INVENTUR CHARLES A.F`INLEY Patented June 17, 1930 UNITED STATES t 1,765,225v i CHARLES A. FINLEYQOF RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO BOORUM @a PEASE COMPANY, OIE BROOKLYN, NEW -YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK VISIBLE-LOOSE-LEAF DEVICEl Application filed May 31, 1928. Serial No. 282,015. i

rIhis invention relates to visible loose' leaf devices andvmore particularly to panels in which visible index cards are slidably mounted in overlapping relation. One ob-` ject of the invention fis to provide ya panel which will facilitate the interengagement of the ycards in the panel. I

Another obj ect of my invention is to make a panel which is thin enough to be removwhichwill grip the cards when-they are not being changed but which at the same time will quickly and easily release that pressure i when desired.

f In the drawings:

Fig. lis a plan view of a panel constructed according to my inventionpart of the panel and some of the cards being broken away;

Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the panel andthe cards taken on the l1nev2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a lvertical longitudinal section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrow. Fig. 4 is a vertical cross section of'one edge of the panel taken onthe line 4-4 of loose leaf binder such for instance' as the magazine binder type of constructionl and which are at the same time simple and etli-v cent in their construction and operation. According to the embodiment of my invention shown in the drawings, the cards are carried in a panel 1 consisting of a board 4 and a rack or racks 10 carried thereon. The board may, if desired, carry the pins at each end to permit mounting of the vpanel in a magazine binder of the'type for instance 5l)y shown in the U. S. patent granted to Bolling ably mounted in a binder."v Another objectv of my invention is to make a simple panel 1,494,730, May 20, 1924; if desired the panel may be provided with a suitable hinge 13.

The rack may consist of athin sheet of metal having punched up therefrom flanges 11 running lengthwise of the panel and forming inwardly facing grooves spaced apart Vabout the maximum width of the'body of the cards. The rack may be riveted to the board 4 by means of rivets 3 at each corner of the rack and I prefer to place at the top and bottom of the flanges underneath same a cross-bar or stop 6 which can be riveted'in position to close the ends of theV flanges and prevent the cards vfrom sliding out of the panel. These bars 6 can be'riveted in position by means ofrivets 2 and these rivets 2 can, if desired, be used to fasten the rack to the panel. A rack canbe fastened on each side of the panel, if neces' sary, thus increasing the capacity of the panel, as shown in Fig.l 4. i

It will be observed that by means of thus striking the langes up from ythe integralV piece of sheet-metahthe space under the flangesis deeper than they thicknessjof the metal andl extends downwardly to a greater depth, forming achannel 15. This channel, recessed with relation to the uppery surface of the floor 9 vof the rack, is an important feature of my invention and especially' so when used 1n connection with hingedy cards 12 having ears 14 at' their sides for sus# pending means. I will show` and describe the invention in connection withthe depending ear card which forms the subject matter of the patent granted to Alwin Von Auw on November 15, 1927 under Numbery 1,649,763 with which type of card -the invenf" tion isfpeculiarly useful. Each'earl14 of that card consists essentially of an oblong" i portion outside of and severed from the body of the cardfrom the lower end of the earv up to a point 2O perhaps lof an inch from the vtopfof. the card.V The body `of the card i'shin-ged at 16, the hinge line lpreferably Joining the upper ends of the lines of severesy ance between the ears and the card. In the `i drawings a slot is shown extending partially along the hinge line 16, but not quiteto the points of severance .20. l The use of a slot is optional. The reinforced card shown in Fig. 5 forms the subject of Von Auw application Ser. No. 285,581, filed June 15, 1928, and is one of the variations of the general type of depending ear card, in connection with which my invention is particularly useful as Ystated above.

The center portion of the rack plate 10, i. e., the portion Abetween the upstruckA flanges may be termed a floor 9 and if made of resilient material' performs a peculiarly useful function in holding the cards in the panel. 7When cards are mounted in the panel as shown in F ig. 1, with ears or other portions thereof underneath the flanges 11,

Y this floor 9 pressingupwardly against the cards tends to grip them between the edges of the floor and the free edges of the flanges 11. ThisV holds the cards in their desired position Without the use of any additional elementsand at the Sametime provides a grip on thecards which can be released by a mere pressure of the lingers anywhere on the cardsfor floor. If it is desired tomalre therack of. a non-resilient sheet, a spring 17 (Fig.'6) or other resilient means may be placed` underthefloor 9-to give it resiliency Y forthis purpose, such means being placed underneath they edges of the floor or at any other Vdesired point. I vbelievejthat l am the first to thus grip the cards in the rack..V

With many devices offindex cards it is Vnecessary in order to properly engage the l cards with each other to have certain por- Vtions thereof pass to a certainV side of the adjacent card, and in the panel which l have just described having the channel, efficient meajns areprovided for insuring that the elements ofthecard-at each sidethereof 40 properly interengage with the adjacent cards. With the type of card shown inthe above mentioned Von Auw patent, there is av depending-ear 14 at each side of `the cai-'d 12 which is adapted to be Vdepressed'topass behind the ear of the card below in order to provide proper interengagement of these hinged cards in the panel. rlhis depending ear, whose lowerend is free fromthe body of the card, will lie in the channel near theA N bottom thereof and as any card is-brought down on its neighbor already in the panel, the depth of the channel 'will allow that depending portion ofthe ear to pass under the upper edge of the card below more read ily than in a panel lacking my channel. The construction requires only a `few operations to make it, and consequently economizes in the time and labor of manufacture, Theability to attach a rack to each. side of (iop. the panel and to attach both racks in one operation and by one set of'rivets is another saving in material.

'In using the device, as the cards are slid upoix down upon the panel, the bodies of -the-cards he upon the floor 9 of the rack,

ltlie rack. The floor of the channel is the lboard 4t, and the roof of the channel is the flange 11.

Vhatl claim is:

v1. VA visible index -panel having inwardly facing opposed flanges, cards having portions underlying said Aflanges and a spring metal floor between saidllanges exert-ing` im' and tending to upward pressure o n the caros grip them between itsel'fand the anges.

2. A visible index comprising a panel having a rack having inwardly facing opposed flanges, resilient means between saidflanges tending to hold the cards in the rack at a higher `level than the bottom-of tliespace under the flanges and cards lying above said resilient means and having portions underlying said flanges. f Y

3. vA visible index panel comprising arack having inwardly facing opposed flanges, cards-having ears underlying s and a floor between said flanges forming channels underneath the flanges recessed with relation to the upper surface of said floor. c Y f 4i. A visible Yindei; panel comprising ,cards with lateral depending ears in lcombination with a rack having inwardly facing opposed flanges integral with said raclr struck up therefrom, under which'the ears of said ,cards are adapted to lie, in combination with floor vformingaii integral part of said rack lying between said flanges and of a width not sufficient.tounderlie the ears of said cards, the rack having a space lower than vsaid floor underneath the strucleup flanges. c

5.. A `visible index comprising a panel having'a rack, a floor forming part of said rack, inwardly facing struck up from saidraclr, therebeing channels under said llanges having bottoms lower than said floor, in combination with cards having a body portion anddepending ears, the body portion of i A said floor, and the depending ears lying in said channels and adapted to interenaoe therein. D' C 6. A visible index comprising a. panel having a rack, a floor forming part of said rack, inwardly facing opposed flanges struck up from said rack forming channels under said flanges having bottoms lower than said floor, iii combination with aseries of overlapping ninged cards each comprising a body portion overlying the'body portion of aid flanges Y opposed flanges said cards 4,overlying the card below and a depending ear integral with the body portion at each side thereof adjacent its upper edge underlying the corresponding' ear of the card below, there being a hinge line joining the upper ends of the linesl of severance between the ears and the cards, he body portion of said cards overlying said floor, and the depending ears lying in the channels under said flanges.

7. A visible index comprising cards with lateral ears in combination with a raclrcoinprising a resilient floor and inwardly facing opposed flanges integral with said rack, the resilient floor lying between said flanges, and cooperating therewith to grip the cards.

8. A visible index comprising cards with lateral ears in combination with a rack comprising a resilient floor and inwardly facing opposed flangesintegral with said rack covering channels under said flanges the resilient floor lying between said flanges, and cooperating therewith to grip the cards, the bodies of said cards overlying the floor and lying between said flanges and the ears of said cards lying in thek channels under said flanges.

9. A visible index comprising cards with lateral ears in combination with a rack coinprising a resilient floor and inwardly facing opposed flanges integral with said rack, the resilient floor lying between said flanges, and by its resiliency enabling said rack to grip said cards between the edges of the licor and the inner edges of said anges.

l0. A visible index comprising cards with lateral ears in combination with a rack comprising a resilient floor and inwardly facing opposed flanges integral with said rack covering channels under said flanges, the resilient floor lying between said flanges and the body of said cards overlying thev floor and lying between said'flangesand the ears of said cards lying in the channels under said flanges, the resiliency of the fioor enabling the rackV to gripfsaid cards, for the purposes set forth.

11. A visible index comprising cards with lawteral ears in combination with a rack comprising a resilient' floor and inwardly facing opposed flanges integral 4with said rack covering channels under said flanges, the resilient floor lyingbetween said flanges and the body of said cards overlying. they floor and lying between said flanges V'and the ears of saidl cards lying in the channels under said flanges, the resiliency of the floor enabling said rack to grip said cards at the juncture of' the ears to the bodies of said cards.

12. A visible index comprising cards with lateral ears in combination with a rack cornn prising a floor, inwardly facing opposed flanges integral with said rack, said flanges covering channels and resilient means in said vfloor between said flanges, enabling.

said rack to grip the cards. i

13. A visible index comprising a rack having a resilient floor and inwardly facing opposed flanges integral with said rack and covering channels, in combination with a series of overlapping hinged cards each comprising a body portion overlying the body portion of .the lcard below and a suspending and spacing portion including a depending ear at each side of the body portion adjacent its upper edge, each ear par-r tially underlying the corresponding ear of the card below and underlying the flangel and sliding longitudinally in the channelv under the flange, said resilient yfloor lying between said flanges, and by its resiliency enabling said rack to grip said cards be.

tween the edges of the floor and theinner edges of said flanges atthe juncture between the ears and the bodies of said cards.

ln testinionywhereof l have signed Iny name to this specification.

CHARLES A. FINLEY.

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